Pradist Democratic Movement

The Pradist Democratic Movement (MDP) was a conservative-liberal political party in Peru which was active from 1956 to 1981. It was founded to support the efforts of Manuel Prado Ugarteche during the 1956 presidential campaign, and, during his presidency, the MDP was the strongest party in parliament (as the APRA was not permitted to run any candidates for Congress in 1956) and held most governmental and diplomatic positions. Prado was overthrown in a coup in 1962, and his party was led by his friends and by political opportunists until it dissolved in 1981.